Feeding mechanism for punching and like machines.



No. 836.424.- PATENTED NOV. 20, 1 906.

-A. WILZIN. v FEEDING MECHANISM FOR PUNGHIN'GI'A'ND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.13.1905. 2 SHBETS-SHEET .12

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No. 836,424. PATENTED NOV 20, 1906.

' A. WILZIN. FEEDING MECHANISM FOR PUNOHING AND LIKE MACHINES.

APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 13. 1905.

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' movement is contro led by a mechanismop- UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ARTHUR WILZIN, CLIGHY, FRANCE, ASSIGNOR TO E. W. BLISS COMPANY, A CORPORATlOi OF .WEST- VIRGINIA.

FEEDING MECHANISM FORPUNCHING AND LlKE MACHINES.

Specification of Letters latent.

. Patented Nov. 20,1906.

Application filed January 13, 1905- Serial No.'240.861.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, ARTHUR WILZ'IN, a citi zen of the United States, residing at presentin Clichy, Seine, France, have invented certaln new and useful Improvements 11'1" operating and continuously-operated feed device adapted to advance a sheet of metal or other material to a tool of any kind at points arranged in quincunx order. This feeding device is so arranged as to be able to give such a result by means of a very simple and easily-adjustable mechanism.

This device comprises, as all the other machines of this kind, a carriage to which the sheet is secured and which is capable of being moved along a slide parallel to the front of the machine and movable upon a stationary guiding device directed toward the tool. The

erated in a continuous manner and combined so as-to impart to the carriage along its slide intermittent movements the amplitude of which is equal to the distance which must exist betweenthe centers of the parts of the sheet which are to be acted'upon by the tool and to cause at each end of the stroke of the carriage an advance motion of the movable guide toward the tool to take place and a reversal the direction of motion of the carriage.

This feeding device is represented by way of example in the accompanylng drawings, 1n

' which Figure 1 is a crosssection made according to line A A of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a plan, Fig. 3 is a section made according to line B B of This feeding device comprises a carriage a, carrylng one or several grippers a, in which the sheetwhich is to be advanced toward the tool is secured. This carriage or is capable of being moved longitudinally upon a guide 31, secured to the carriers 1), which can slide transversely on f dovetailed slides a, with which the frame of the machine is provided.

riage a and uide b are respectivelyproduced The crank cZ-is The intermittent movements of the car: I

I from sha'ftf through the gear-wheels g g g g. y The crank d and wheel 6 thus both re-- ceive continuous rotary motion, each at its own appropriate speed. The crank d transriage a along 't e guide I). with'the aid of the Geneva move ent shown. At each revolution the crank-pin of crank d engages in one of the'grooves of the radially-grooved wheel lution.

one with a beve pinion h, whose movementis transmitted by the' intermediate bevelclutch j is thrown into engagement with the pinion h or h ment, which is necessary on the completion of a, is produced by a cannlc, keyed on shaft g, said cam acting on a lever 7c, movableabout a fixed center k on the machine-frame; to the extremity of. which lever the clutch jis atthus'imparted to the shaft either in the same direction as that of thewheel or'inversely thereto is transmitted by means of motion of movement the imparted to the rack i, the extent of this lost 'Inotion or clearance being regulated by the set-screws i 03 1 The Wheel m is journaled in a bracket depending from the guide.b,,"so as' to partake of the transverse'movements of said guide.

The arms of the wheel hare each formed with a concavity upon their periphery-and a circular earn a is keyed upon-the main. shaft opposite the wheel h','.so as toengag'e 'i-njthe mits an interglttent movement to the .car-;.

h and rotates the latter one-fourth of a revo- The'wheel h of the Geneva movement, which is loose u on the shaft 3', is formed in This reversal of the move-.

tached. The intermittent rotary motion" thej'toothed gearing j Z Z m to the intermediate shaft m, upon which is splined thewheel m which gears with the raok'i. g-. The rack iis capable of being-shifted longitude: nally upon the carriage or to an extent equal i vto half the distance between two successive punchings, so that at each change in the d i I carriage a will be. moved during one-half only of the movement to'transmit rotary motion in one direction or the other from the wheel h, according'as the,

each "longitudinal movement of the carriage concavity in the adjacent arm of said wheel immediately the crank-pin of crank d escapes from the groove in the wheel 71 so as to com letely arrest the movement of the train of w eels which operate the carriage (1 until the crank d engages in the next groove in the Wheel for imparting a fresh movement to said carria e a. The guide 1), upon which carriage a s ides, itself receives at each termination of the course of the latter a transverse movement equal to the distance between the lines of punchings. This movement is imparted to it by the wheel e, provided upon its periphery with Worm-teeth e, gearing at each revolution with a toothed wheel 0 and imparting to the latter an. angular displacement the amplitude of which corresponds to the number and inclination of the teeth a". At the termination of this angular displacement the wheel 0 is provided with recesses w, in which the rim e of wheel 6 enters in order to lockthis wheel 0 and the guide I). As shown, the teeth 6 rotate the wheel 0 through a quarter of a revolution, and the rim 0 then enters a notch between successive quadrants of the wheel 0 and runs in said notch until the wheel 8 makes another complete revolution.

The wheel transmits its motion through a clutch of any kind 'such, for example, as

the clutch p pro vided with grippers-to a shaft q, turning in two bearings supported.

from the frame of the machine, which clutch allows the st ft 9 to be freed from the wheel 0 when it is desired to return the carriers 1), and consequently the guide b, to the original position. The shaft 9 carries at its ends two pinions g, respectively, gearing with two racks secured o the carriers b upon which the guide I) is mounted. The ratio of the gears transmitting the motion from shaft f to shaft 9 is so devised as to cause the teeth a to mesh with the wheel 0 when the carriage has reached the end of its stroke upon the guide I). When this guide I) has come itself to the end of its stroke, its return to its original position is controlled by any suitable mechanical operating device.

The invention is not restricted to the above-described device. I reserve for myself the right to establish the clearance between the carriage and its feeding device by any mechanical means suitable for that purpose. This feeding device can be adapted to all kinds of cutting, stamping, embossing,

punching, and printing machines and the like.

I claim .as my invention- 1. A feeding device adapted to advance a sheet to the action of a tool at points arranged in quincunx order, comprising a carriage for the sheet, a movable guidingbar upon which the carriage can be moved longihidinally, a stationary guide perpendicular in this guiding-bar and upon which the latter 2. A. feeding device adapted to advance a sheet to the action of a tool at points arrange in quincunx order, comprising a carriage for the sheet, a movable guidingbar upon which the carriage can be moved longitudinally, a stationary guide perpendicular to this guiding-bar and upon which the latter can be moved transversely, mechanism communicating successive intermittent longitudinal displacements to the carriage and connected to the latter with a lo st motion equal to a fraction of the amplitude of each normal displacement, so that the first displacement is lessthan normal, means for automatically reversing the motion of the carriage at the end of its stroke along the guiding-bar, and mechanism communicating to the guidingbar a displacement toward the tool at each termination of the stroke of the carriage, and a driving-shaft to which a continuous rotary motion is imparted and operating the several feeding part s synchronously.

A feeding device adapted to advance a sheet to the action of a tool at points arranged in quincunX order, comprising a carriage for the sheet, a movable guiding-bar upon which the carriage canv be moved longitudinally, a stationary guide, perpendicular to this guiding-bar and upon which the latter can be moved transversely, mechanism communicating successive intermittent longitudinal displacements to the carriage and connected to the latter with a lost motion equal to half the amplitude of each normal displacement, so that the first displacement is onehalf the normal, mechanism communicating to the guiding-bar a displacement toward the tool at each termination of the stroke .of the carriage, and a drivingshaft to which a continuous rotary motion is imparted and oper ating the several feeding parts synchronously.

4. A feeding device adapted to advance a sheet toward the action of a tool atpointsarranged in quincunx order, comprising a carriage for the sheet, a movable guiding-bar on which the carriage can be moved longitudinally, stationary guide perpendicular to this guiding-bar and on which the latter can be displaced transversely, a feeding-rack mounted upon the carriage with a lost motion in the longitudinal direction, mechanism communicating successive intermittent disscam placements to this rack, means for reversing the direction of movement of this rack,a device communicating to the guiding-bara displacement toward the tool at each termination of the stroke of the carriage, and a driving-shaft to which a continuous rotarymotion is imparted and-operating the several feeding.

1 parts synchronously.

' 5. A feeding device adapted to advance a sheet toward the action of a tool of any kind at points arranged in quincunx order, comprising a carriage for the sheet, a movable" tion of the stroke of the carriage, and a drivingshaft to which a continuous rotary motions is imparted and operating the several feeding parts*synchronously.

. sheet toward t 6. 'A feedin device adapted to advance a ranged in quincunx order, comprising a cari ri-age for the sheet, a movable guiding-bar 1 can be displaced transversely,

upon which the carriage can be moved longitudinally, a stationary guide perpendicular to this guiding-bar and upon which the latter a feeding-rack mounted u on the carriage with. a lost motion in the ongitudinal direction, a drivingshaft receiving a continuous rotary movement, a, crank keyed upon this shaft, a wheel h operated by this crank, a train of earing transmitting the motion from this w ieel to the feeding-rack, a reversing device interposed between the wheel h and the trainof gearing,-and a device communicating to the 'ding-bar at each termination of the stroke of, the'carriage a displacement toward the tool.

sheet toward the action of a tool at points arranged in quincunx order, comprisin .a carnage for the sheet, a movable guidingar upon which the carriage can be moved longitudinally, a stationary guide erpen'dicular to this guiding-bar and upon w ich the latter can be displaced transversely, a feeding-rack 'mounted upon the carriage with a lost mo- -tionin the longitudinal direction, a drivingriage for t e 'shaft receivin e action of atool at points ar- 6 -7. Afeeding device adapted to advance a shaft, receivin a continuous rotary movement, at crankieyed upon this shaft, a wheel h operated by this crank and Whose branches have 'a concave edge, upon the driving-shaft lution into this concave edge and thereby steadying the wheel by a train of gearing transmitting the motion from this wheel h to the feeding-rack, a reversing device inter' posed between the wheel h and this train of: gearing, a cam'operating said reversing device at each end of the stroke'of the carriage, an intermediate shaft operated by the driving-shaft and upon which said cam-is keyed, and a device communicating to' the guidingbar at each termination of the stroke of the carriage a displacement toward the too l 8. A feedingldevice adapted to advance a sheet toward t e action of a tool at pointshrranged in uincunX order, comprising a carsheet, a movable guiding-bar a circular cam keyed I enter ng at each revo-- upon which the carriage can be moved longi- I tudinally, a stationary guide to this guiding-bar and upon w can be displaced transversely, a mounted u on the carriage with a lost motion in the ongitudinal direction, a drivinga continuous rotaavy movement, a crank eyed upon this sl'mi't,'a wheel lperpendicular ich the latter it operated by this crank and whose branches have a concave edge, a circular cam keyed upon the driving-shaft entering at each revolution into this concave edge and thereby steadying; the wheel r, a train of gearing transmitting ihpzniotionfrom this Wheel h to the feeding-rag a eversing device interposed between the heel gearing, -a'ca nif ope vice at each end of t h and'this train of said reversing detroke of the carriage, an intermediate sha perated by the driving-shaft and upon w v aid cam is keyed, a pinion having transverserecesses, a wheel provided on a small portionof its periphery with worm-teeth which gear at each'revolufeeding-rack I oo tion with. the toothed part of said pinion, f

and having a non-toothed part which enters.

said recesses. and a shaft upon which this pinion is keyed and which transmits the motion of the latter to the guiding-bar.

The foregoing specification of my improvements in mechanism for continuously and automatically feeding sheets of metal and other material to punching and like machines signed by me this 30th day of December, 1904.

ARTHUR WILZIN.

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AROHIBALD K. BAK ER, MAURiGE H. PIGNET."

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